Buthacus spinatus Lourenço, Bissati & Sadine, 2016

Buthacus spinatus Lourenço, Bissati & Sadine, 2016 View in CoL

( Fig. 1- 4 View Fig , Tab. I)

Material examined (3 ex.)

- Algeria, Ghardaïa, Metlili , 12/II/2023 (A. Chedad), 1 ♀, deposited in the MNHL .

- Algeria, Ghardaïa, Sebseb , 29/I/2023 (Z. Souilem), 2 ♂, deposited in the MNHL and EYCP .

Diagnosis (emended). – Scorpions of small to moderate size for the genus with a total length of 42 mm in female and 36-37 mm in male. General coloration yellow to pale yellow; only metasomal segment V with dark brown to blackish pigmentation. Pectinal tooth count 17-18 in female, 21-23 in male. Ventral carinae on metasomal segments II-III with well-marked spiniform granules; ventral and latero-ventral carinae on segment V with strong spinoid granules and several conspicuous spinoid lobes. Pedipalp chela manus moderately inflated in male; fingers straight in female, twisted in male, with 8 rows of granules on fixed finger, 9 on movable finger; external and internal accessory granules moderately to strongly marked. Tibial spurs moderate to weak on legs III and IV. Trichobothriotaxy A-β (beta) orthobothriotaxic; fixed fingers with trichobothrium eb slightly displaced on chela manus, situated closer to Et than esb; trichobothria db and esb situated at the same level and trichobothrium Eb 3 displaced to the ventral aspect of chela hand.